Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior
Alternative title: Death Sword
Platform: Amiga 500
Region: Europe
Media: Floppy
Controller: Joystick
Genre: VS Fighter - Hack & Slash - Fantasy
Gametype: Licensed
Release Year: 1988
Developer: Palace Software, LTD.
Publisher: Epyx, Inc., Palace Software, LTD.
Players: 1 or 2, Simultaneous
Relationship: Precursor to Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax
Hardware: OCS
Conversions: Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn), Commodore C64, Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Disks: 1
Programmer: Richard Leinfellner
Musician: Richard Joseph
Designer: Gary Carr, Jo Walker
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The evil magician Drax is terrorizing the jeweled city and cast a spell over the beautiful princess Marina who is forced to obey him. From the lands to the north, a hero is sent to help the city and free the princess. He is Gorth, the strongest of the barbarian warriors. With his sword in hand, he has to beat eight of Drax's best warriors and at last the magician himself. He will fight them in the woods, on the mountaintop, in the dungeon... finally reaching Drax's palace itself.

This is essentially a one- or two-player fighting game where you control a big barbarian and fight another player or a computer AI.  There are several kinds of hits, and some hits take off half a point while others take off a whole point. Each player has six of these "power points". They also have a special hard to perform "death sword" which decapitates your opponent, killing him with one fell swoop.
 
http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/death-sword
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HINTS:

Defeating Drax:
Walk forward on the last level to face Drax. Jump and perform a forward roll when he shoots the first fireball.  

Fighting strategy:
Roll into an opponent until he reaches the side o the screen.  Then kick him, roll in to him again and kick him.
Repeating technique until your opponent has been defeated.
